Starting device for gasolene-engines.



J. L. WHITE 8; J. B. POLO. STARTING DEVICE FOR GASOLENE ENGINES. PPPPPPPPPPPP Itnn'rma 8,1908.

921,769. I PatentedMay18,1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

JOHN WHITE AND JOSEPH B PQLO, OF CLEAR LAKE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

STARTING DEVIGE FOR GASOLENE-ENGINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1909.

application filed February 8, i908. 8eria1 No. 415,093.

tion, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in starting devices for gas engines and .con-

I sists of the novel features of construction and the combination and arrangement of'parts.

hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and-practical device of this charac ter in the form of an attachment whichmay be readily applied to gas engines now in use. and which will and easily starts The above and'other 'obj ects'iof the tion are attained in its preferred. e banrnent illustrated in the accompanying drawngs, in which is shown a' ,persp'ective view of a portion of'a :vention; applied. 1

Inthejdrawidgsl denotes a'portion-"ofa" gas-engine, 2 its gasolenesupplypipe "and 3. the'oscillatingarm' which actu'at'es the mov'-- "Table electrode, of itselectric igniting device.

r In the practice of the invention we'pro- 'vide in the pipe 2a T-connection .4: from which leads a gasolene discharge pipe 5 hav-' ing a pet cock 6 at its outeriend. The latter is disposed immediately above the open upturned end 7 of'a pipe 8 having a hori--' zontally disposed 'portion'9 and azvertically disposed vportion' lO which contains a stop cook or valve 11 and which opens into the cylinder of-the engine 1', as shown at 12.;

13 denotes a rod or link between the'arm" 3 and one arm of a bell crank'le'verllwhich is fulcrumed at its angle are upon the engine and has its other end'or arm shaped to provide a handle 16.

The operation of tlie'in'vention I lows: When it is desired to start the engine the crank shaft is fi'rst turned onjtheinside. of theouter dead center and then it-is turned on the outside of t dead 'cefiter by catching hold of one of tl e spokes of the fly wheel with the left hand and at the sametime the hen said cock is'o'pened suflicient'gasolene permit them; ibe' quickly for a charge is allowed to flow into the upturned end 7 and the horizontal portion 9' v of the pipe 8, so that asthe piston moves through the cylinder such gasolene Wlll be vaporized and sucked into the cylinder through the vertical portion of the pipe, the

containing 'a controlling valve and having -.one end in communication with the engine ;..,cylinder and its other end disposed beneath the plane of said cock and having an upturned-open end disposed immediately beneath the discharge of thelatter. 1

1 f' Having thus described the invention what' {is claimed 'is': I

"*luilhe combinationv with a gas engine, its sparking device and a source'of gasolene supply, of manually operated means for acftuating said sparking device, a pipe leadin Lfromsaid source of gasolene supply an v :provided with a cock, and a second pipe gas engineshowing. the in 2. The combination with a gas engine, the

itsgasolenesupply pipe, of a bell crank fulcrumed at its angle and having a handle at one-end, a link connecting theo'ther end of said bell crank to said arm, a pipe connected to thel'gasolene supply pipe and having at its endadownturned pet cook, a second pipe having vertically and horizontally disposed -branches,thehorizontal branch having an iupturnedlopen enddisposed beneath the pet ,cock [and the vertical branch having its oscillatory arm of its sparking device and upper end in communication with-the en- ,g nezcylinder, and a. controlling valve .or

cook arranged in the vertical branch of the last mentioned pipe. i

- 3. The combination with a gas engine, its

sparking device and 1ts source of gasolene supply, of manually operated means 'for ac tuatingsaid sparking device, a pipe. leading from said source of gasolene supply and providedwith a downturned'pet.cock,a second pipe having an upright portion with its upper end in communication with the engine cylinder, a substantially horizontal portion mentioned pipe, substantiallyas and for the extending from the lower end of the upright purpose set forth.

portion, and an upturned open portion or In testimony whereof We hereunto afiix end at the other extremity ofthe substanour signatures in the presence of two Wit- 5 tially horizontal portion, said upturned pornesses. I

tion or end being disposed beneath the pet JOHN L. WHITE.-

cockxto receive the discharge of oil there- JOSEPH B. POLO. from, the substantially horizontal portion Vitnesses: of the pipe serving to hold the oil, and a LULU THOMPSON,

10 controlling valve arranged in the second .13]. THOMPSON. 

